Three stones make a wall : the story of archaeology
| 1. Verfasser: |
Cline, Eric H.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Princeton ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
[2017].
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| Umfang/Format: |
xix, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface: A Petrified Monkey's Paw
- Prologue: "Wonderful Things" : King Tut and His Tomb
- Section I. Early Archaeology and Archaeologists
- Ashes to Ashes in Ancient Italy
- Digging Up Troy
- From Egypt to Eternity
- Mysteries in Mesopotamia
- Exploring the Jungles of Central America
- Digging Deeper #1: How Do You Know Where To Dig?
- Section II. Africa, Europe, and the Levant : Early Hominins to Farmers
- Discovering Our Earliest Ancestors
- First Farmers in the Fertile Crescent
- Section III. Excavating the Bronze Age Aegean
- Revealing the First Greeks
- Finding Atlantis?
- Enchantment Under the Sea
- Section IV. Uncovering the Classics
- From Discus-Throwing to Democracy
- What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
- Digging Deeper #2: How Do You Know How To Dig?
- Section V. Discoveries in the Holy Land and Beyond
- Digging Up Armageddon
- Unearthing the Bible
- Mystery at Masada
- Cities of the Desert
- Digging Deeper #3: How Old is This and Why is it Preserved?
- Section VI. New World Archaeology
- Lines in the Sand, Cities in the Sky
- Giant Heads, Feathered Serpents, and Golden Eagles
- Submarines and Settlers; Gold Coins and Lead Bullets
- Back to the Future
- Epilogue: Do You Get to Keep What You Find?
